The
Puffin Foundation Ltd. and The
Nation Institute are the mutual sponsors of an annual
award in the amount of $100,000 given to an individual who
has challenged the status quo through distinctive, courageous,
imaginative and socially responsible work of significance.
Candidates are to be found in a broad range of occupations
and pursuits, including academia, journalism, public health,
literature, art, the environmental sciences, labor and the
humanities. The prize is intended to encourage the recipients
to continue their work, and to inspire others to challenge
the prevailing orthodoxies they face in their careers.

Current Prize Recipient

BRYAN STEVENSONBryan Stevenson is a widely acclaimed public interest lawyer who has dedicated his career to helping the poor, the incarcerated, and the condemned. Under his leadership, the EJI has won major legal challenges eliminating excessive and unfair sentencing, exonerating innocent death row prisoners, confronting abuse of the incarcerated and the mentally ill, and aiding children prosecuted as adults. Stevenson has successfully argued several cases in the United States Supreme Court, including an historic ruling that mandatory life-without-parole sentences for all children 17 or younger are unconstitutional.learn more...